The first full moon of 2025, illuminated at 99.7 percent, as seen from my home in Bukit Mertajam. After days of cloudiness, the sky was kind enough to clear up last night. The full moon broke through the clouds and shone brightly. I first noticed it around 7.20pm while out walking through the neighbourhood, but unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera with me. It would have made for a beautiful shot, with the sky still light enough to serve as a backdrop. By the time I remembered my camera, it was 8.30pm, and the night had already set in.
Overhead, Jupiter was visible, but try as I might, I couldn’t capture the planet along with its four Galilean moons.
Interestingly, the full moon reached 100 percent illumination in the early hours of today, the 15th day of the Chinese lunar month. This timing, rather than it occurring tonight or even tomorrow, indicates that this year’s 12th Chinese lunar month will only have 29 days instead of 30. This means that Chinese New Year will fall on 29 January 2025, with the eve of the celebration—what we Hokkien people in Penang call jee-kow meh (29th night)—falling on that same date, rather than sah-chhap meh (30th night).
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